I bought some memory from ebay and ho hum ....it doesn't work in my laptop
It won't boot up with this memory in.
I ran the crucial scan and it says I need this
SDRAM, PC133 • CL=2 • Non-parity • 133MHz • 3.3V • 32Meg x 64
the stuff I bought is SDRAM PC133 CL3
what does the CL number mean and does this mean it won't work anyway?
TIA
Mark
Its the latency of the memory. Should still work though.
David
Any ideas as to why it might not work? or anything I could try?
Cheers
Mark
check for any settings in the bios for this?
Had a look in the BIOS and can see nothing which could be to do with the memory
There should be a CL setting in there somewhere. How about 'failsafe setting' or similar? This should set everything to the least aggressive settings and might just allow your new memory to fire up. Laptops are notoriously fussy about memory though.
the only thing that I can find is I can change the boot checks from minimal to thorough which it says you should do if you have changed the memory.
It didn't make any difference though
The laptop lights come on when the power button is pressed and the caps and number lock lights flash a bit then it just goes off again.
Look for Cas Latency in bios and see if you can set it to auto. Have you mixed the memory or replaced it? Is the bios giving you a checksum error?
Hi Pete,
No Cas Latency in bios.
It's a dell CPx J650GT and the bios is pretty basic - about the simplest I have seen.
I bought 2x256Mb sticks and it won't work with both or either one on it's own.
The crucial scan tool thingy says it should take 2x256 sticks
When I try to boot it I only get the few flashing lights - nothing on screen at all. I can't even get to the bios with the new memory in.
Cheers
Mark
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Originally posted by flak monkey
Its the latency of the memory. Should still work though.
David
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Originally posted by mookaloid.
It's a dell CPx J650GT
Apparently I need pc100 and the seller has agreed to refund
Thanks guys 
PC133 is downward compatible, it should still work at the lower clock speed. There must be something wrong with it though. I have some in an old computer running in place of PC66 and it works fine as long as you run matched pairs (motherboard requirement)
I agree Pete. I always thought the same about speeds however the guy will refund so I will go with that and try to get some from Crucial or someone
like that.
Cheers
Mark
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Originally posted by Peteff
PC133 is downward compatible, it should still work at the lower clock speed. There must be something wrong with it though. I have some in an old computer running in place of PC66 and it works fine as long as you run matched pairs (motherboard requirement)